About Dr. Janak Parikh

CURRICULUM VITAE

Janak A. Parikh, MD, MSHS

LICENSURE:

Texas – S6474

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

American Board of Plastic Surgery, November 2024
American Board of Surgery, April 2012, Re-certified October 2024
Sciton Laser Certification, 2021
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) certificate May 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate Clinical Professor, UT Health, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, LBJ Hospital 2023-current
Town and Country Plastic Surgeons and MedSpa, September 2024-current
Sonobello Austin, TX January 2024-August 2024
Resident, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital 2020-2023
Attending Surgeon at Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI 2013-2020
Attending Surgeon at Ascension Novi Hospital, Novi, MI 2013-2020
Attending Surgeon at Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Warren, MI 2016-2020
Attending Surgeon at Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Sterling Heights, MI 2016-2020
Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) Surgery Fellow, Indiana University Hospital 2012-13
Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellow, Northwestern Memorial Hospital 2011-12
Chief Resident, Dept of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 2010-11
Resident, Dept of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2008-10
Resident, Dept of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2005-06
Intern, Dept of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2004-05

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:

Member American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS)
Member The Aesthetic Society

PAST APPOINTMENTS:

Member ASPS Legislative Advocacy Committee
Member ASPS Resident Council
Member ASPS PlastyPAC
Resident editor of the Plastic Surgery Resident Magazine (2021)
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Michigan State School of Medicine
Co-Director of the HPB Program at Providence Hospital
Program Director of the HPB Surgery Fellowship at Providence Hospital
Clinical Teaching Faculty, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI
Pharmacy Committee, Providence Hospital
Cancer Committee, Providence Hospital
Co-Management, Providence Hospital
Infection Control Committee, Providence Hospital

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Member American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS)
Member The Aesthetic Society

PAST PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Resident member of the Houston Society of Plastic Surgeons (HSPS)
Resident member of the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons (TSPS)
Resident member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS)
Resident member of the Aesthetic Society
Resident member of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM)
Resident member of the International Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ISRM)
Member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Member of the American Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (AHPBA)
Member of the Pancreas Club
Member of the Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)
Member of the Detroit Surgical Association
Member of the Detroit Academy of Surgery
Member of Midwest Surgical Association

RESEARCH PAPERS (PEER-REVIEWED)

1. Ko C, Parikh J, Yermilov I, Tomlinson J. The surgeon’s role in the quality of oncologic care. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2007 Jul;5(6):565-7.
2. Parikh J, Yermilov I, McGory M, Jain S, Ko CY, Maggard M. Is high BMI associated with specific complications after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass? Am Surg. 2007 Oct;73(10):959-62.
3. Parikh JA, Yermilov I, Jain S, McGory ML, Ko CY, Maggard MA. How much do standardized forms improve the documentation of quality of care? J Surg Res. 2007 Nov;143(1):158-63.
4. Ko CY, Parikh J, Zingmond D. Secondary analyses of large population-based data sets: issues of quality, standards, and understanding. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Feb;15(2):395-6.
5. Parikh JA, McGory ML, Ko CY, Hines OJ, Tillou A, Hiatt JR. A structured conference program improves competency-based surgical education. Am J Surg. 2008 Aug;196(2):273-9.
6. Parikh JA, Ko CY, Maggard MA, Zingmond DS. What is the rate of small bowel obstruction after colectomy? Am Surg. 2008 Oct;74(10):1001-5.
7. Parikh DA, Parikh JA, Albers GC, Chandler CF. Acute small bowel perforation after wireless capsule endoscopy in a patient with Crohn’s disease: a case report. Cases J. 2009 Jul 31;2:7607.
8. McGory ML, Kao KK, Shekelle PG, Rubenstein LZ, Leonardi MJ, Parikh JA, Fink A, Ko CY. Developing quality indicators for elderly surgical patients. Ann Surg. 2009 Aug;250(2):338-47.
9. Livhits M, Mercado C, Yermilov I, Parikh JA, Dutson E, Mehran A, Ko CY, Gibbons MM. Does weight loss immediately before bariatric surgery improve outcomes: a systematic review. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2009 Sep 10.
10. Livhits M, Mercado C, Yermilov I, Parikh JA, Dutson E, Mehran A, Ko CY, Gibbons MM. Exercise following bariatric surgery: systematic review. Obes Surg. 2010 May;20(5): 657-65.
11. Maggard, MA, Harness NG, Chang WT, Parikh JA, Asch SM, Nuckols TK; Carpel Tunnel Quality Group. Indications for performing carpal tunnel surgery: clinical quality measures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jul;126(1): 169-79.
12. Livhits, M, Mercado, C, Yermilov, I, Parikh, JA, Dutson E, Mehran A, Ko CY, Gibbons, MM. Behavioral factors associated with successful weight loss after gastric bypass. Am Surg. 2010 Oct;76(10): 1139-42.
13. Livhits, M., Mercado, C., Yermilov, I., Parikh, JA., Dutson, E., Mehran, A. Ko, CY., Shekelle, PG., Gibbons, MM. Is Social Support Associated With Greater Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery?: A Systematic Review. Obes Rev. 2011 Feb;12(2): 142-8.
14. Livhits M, Mercado C, Yermilov I, Parikh JA, Dutson E, Mehran A, Ko CY, Gibbons MM. Preoperative Predictors of Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery: Systematic Review. Obes Surg. 2012 Jan 22.
15. Barron, MR, Roch, AM, Waters, JA, Parikh, JA, DeWitt, JM, Al-Haddad, MA, Ceppa, EP, House, MG, Zyromski, NJ, Nakeeb, A, Pitt, HA, Schmidt, CM. Does preoperative cross-sectional imaging accurately predict main duct involvement in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm? J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Mar; 18(3):447-55.
16. Parikh, JA, Beane, J, Kilbane, M, Pitt, HA. Is ACS-NSQIP Organ Space Infection a Surrogate for Pancreatic Fistula. J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Dec;219(6):1111-6.
17. Parikh, JA, Houssam, O, Patel, S, Jeyarajah, R. Are general surgery resident adequately prepared for hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) fellowship? Questionnaire Based Study. HPB (Oxford). 2015 Mar;17(3):265-71.
18. Roch AM, Parikh JA, Al-Haddad MA, DeWitt JM, Ceppa EP, House MG, Nakeeb A, Schmidt CM. Abnormal serum pancreatic enzymes, but not pancreatitis, are associated with an increased risk of malignancy in patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Surgery. 2014 Oct;156(4):923-9.
19. Cozacov Y, Subhas G, Jacobs M, Parikh J. Total laparoscopic removal of accessory gallbladder: A case report and review of literature. World J Gastrointest Surg. 2015 Dec 27;7(12):398-402.
20. Macedo, FI, Mowzoon, M, Parikh, J, Sathyanarayana, SA, Jacobs, MJ. Disparities in the management and prophylaxsis of surgical site infection and pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2017 May;24(5):268-280.
21. Sathyanrayana, SA, Macedo FI, Race, AJ, Singh, A, Parikh, J, Mittal VK, Jacobs, MJ. Geographical trends in the perioperative management of whipple operation: A survey involving IHPBA/AHPBA members. HPB, April 2016 (S1), e132-133. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2016.02.312.
22. Macedo, FI, Sathyanrayana, SA, Race, AJ, Singh A, Parikh J, Jacobs, MI. Global perioperative practice patterns for Whipple operation: A survey involving IHPBA/AHPBA members. HPB, April 2016, Vol 18 (S1) e1-384.
23. F.I. Macedo, S.A. Sathyanrayana, A.J. Race, T.P. Makarawo, A. Singh, M.J. Jacobs, J. Parikh. Variations in the perioperative management of pancreatoduodenectomy among high- and low-volume hepatobiliary surgeons: A IHPBA/AHPBA web-based survey. HPB. April 2016, Vol 18, Supp 1, p e82.
24. Francisco Igor B. Macedo MD, Ralph Pearlman MD, Alice J. Race MD, Susanna M Szpunar PhD, Sandeep Anantha MD, Awinder P.Singh MD, Janak Parikh MD, Vijay K. Mittal MD, Michael J. Jacobs MD. Impact of Medical or Surgical Admission on Outcomes of Patients with Acute Cholecystitis: A Multivariate Regression Model. HPB. April 2016, Vol 18, Supp 1, p e55. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2016.02.135
25. Muhammad Umair Bashir, Apostolos Kandilis , Nancy Jackson, Janak A. Parikh and Michael J. Jacobs. Distal Pancreatectomy Outcomes: Perspectives from a Community-based Teaching Institution. Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. May 2020
26. Bombardelli J, Parikh J, Morkuzu S, Spiegel AJ. Pyoderma gangrenosum after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap: How prompt diagnosis and treatment can avoid surgical debridement and further morbidity. JPRAS Open. 2022 May 16;33:42-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jpra.2022.05.009. PMID: 35722167; PMCID: PMC9204653.
27. Parikh JA, Bombardelli J, Doval A, Spiegel AJ. Strategic Approaches to Intraflap Anastomosis: Navigating Conjoined DIEP Flap Reconstruction-A Comprehensive Roadmap. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Feb 23;12(2):e5627. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005627. PMID: 38405134; PMCID: PMC10887441.
28. Obinero CG, Talanker M, Green J, Paidisetty P, Nye J, Barrera JE, Boyd A, Wei S, Parikh J, Maricevich M, Greives MR, Sputova K, Marques E. What did we catch? Predictors of infection after tissue expander-based breast reconstruction in a safety-net system. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Sep;96:83-91. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2024.07.023. Epub 2024 Jul 15. PMID: 39067227.
29. Parikh JA, Tanas Y, Bombardelli J, Morkuzu S, Spiegel AJ. Neurotized Dual-pedicle Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap With Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer for Unilateral Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2025 Dec 3;13(12):e7316. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000007316. PMID: 41346925; PMCID: PMC12674155.

PRESENTATIONS

1. Macedo, FI, Sathyanarayana SA, Race AJ, Parikh J, Jacobs MJ. Variations in the Perioperative Management of Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Survey involving IHPBA/AHPBA members. Poster session presented at IHPBA Brazil 2016
2. Kandilis, A, Patil S, Kaushik M, Race, A, Parikh, J, Jacobs, M. Hepato-pancreatico-biliary malignancies in patients with connective tissue disorders: A United States population based study from national inpatient sample database. Presented at: Americas Hepatico-Pancreatico-Biliary Association Annual Meeting: March 9, 2018.
3. Does Acute Pancreatitis Alter the Natural History of Intraductal Papillary Neoplasia (IPMN). Pancreas Club 2013
4. Hepatolithiasis: Transhepatic Team Management, Indiana Chapter American College of Surgeons 2013
5. Impact of Pancreatoduodenectomy Complications on Adjuvant Therapy and
   Long-Term Outcomes for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Indiana Chapter American College of Surgeons 2013
6. Is ACS-NSQIP Organ Space Infection A Surrogate For Pancreatic Fistula? Indiana Chapter American College of Surgeons 2013
7. Timing of Surgery for Diverticular Disease: Is It Possible That We’re Waiting Too Long? American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), Boston, June 2008
8. What is the Rate of Small Bowel Obstruction After Colectomy? Southern California Chapter American College of Surgeons (SCACS), Santa Barbara, January 2008
9. Use of Services and Predictors of Readmission After Open Abdominal Aortic
   Aneurysm Repair—A Population-Base Analysis, American College of Surgeons (ACS), New Orleans, October 2007
10. A Structured Conference Program Improves Competency-based Surgical Education, Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS), Washington DC, April 2007
11. Do Standardized Forms Improve the Documentation of Quality of Care Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), Phoenix, February 2007
12. Is High BMI Associated With Specific Types of Complications Following Bariatric, Surgery, Southern California Chapter American College of Surgeons (SCACS), Santa Barbara, January 2007
13. How To Improve Documentation of Baseline Comorbidities Prior to Bariatric Surgery, Southern California Chapter American College of Surgeons (SCACS), Santa Barbara, January 2007
14. Death by the Disruption of Cell Matrix Interactions Via the Activation of Collagenases, Western Student Medical Research Conference, Carmel, February 2002
15. Conjoined Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap: A Functional Classification System (TSPS 2021)
16. The Ferrari Flap: A Pinnacle of Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction (TSPS 2022)
17. Obinero CG, Talanker M, Green J, Paidisetty P, Nye J, Barrera JE, Boyd A, Wei S, Parikh J, Maricevich M, Greives MR, Sputova K, Marques E. What did we catch? Predictors of infection after tissue expander-based breast reconstruction in a safety-net system. UT Health Houston Department of Surgery Annual Resident Research Day. Podium presentation, June 2024.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. Utility Of Post-Operative Cancer Antigen 19-9 Levels In Predicting Long-Term Outcomes In Patients With Resectable Adenocarcinoma Of Pancreas: A Single Institution Retrospective Review. AHBPA 3/2017
2. Demographic Clinical Characteristics And Long-Term Survival Analysis Of Primary Biliary Carcinoids: A United States Population Based Study (Seer 1973-2013). AHPBA 3/2017
3. Contemporary Differences in Postoperative Outcomes following Laparoscopic Versus Open Distal Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) 2013
4. Is The ACS-NSQIP Organ Space Infection A Surrogate For Pancreatic Fistula?, Pancreas Club 2013
5. Impact of Pancreatoduodenectomy Complications on Adjuvant Therapy and Long-Term Outcomes for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) 2013
6. Does Preoperative Imaging Accurately Predict Main Duct Involvement in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) 2013
7. En Bloc Transection of Pancreatic Parenchyma and Splenic Vessels in Distal Pancreatectomy: A Safe and Novel Technique, AHPBA 2015
8. Does Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy Reduce the Rate of Readmissions? AHPBA 2015
9. What Is The True Need For An HPB Surgeon In A Community Hospital? An Imaging Based Analysis, AHPBA 2015
10. Conjoined Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap: A Functional Classification System (ASRM 2022)
11. Mini-Abdominoplasty Revisited: Expanding Indications (ASPS), October 2022
12. Ferrari Flap: A Pinnacle of Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction (TSPS), December 2022

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Plastic Surgery: Volume 5: Breast (Plastic Surgery, 5) 5th Edition by Maurice Y Nahabedian MD FACS, Peter C. Neligan MB FRCS(I) FRCSC FACS, ISBN 10: 032381042X, ISBN 13: 978-0323810425, November 15, 2023, Chapter 42: Innervation of autologous flaps
2. How Should I Manage Intrahepatic Biliary Stones, Dr. Henry A Pitt, Dr Janak A Parikh, Hepato Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery: Practical Management of Dilemmas, 2017
3. Minimally Invasive Choledochojejunostomy, Eugene P. Ceppa, MD, Janak A. Parikh, MD, C. Max Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA, Operative Techniques in Surgery, Part 3, Chapter 9
4. Enucleation of Cystic Neoplasia, Janak A. Parikh, MD, C. Max Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA
5. Improved Outcomes in Colon and Rectal Surgery: Quality and Outcome Measures Janak A. Parikh, MD, Sushma Jain, MBBS, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MSHS
6. Physics Mechanics: Over 80 Solved Problems and Examples, Janak Parikh, Tommy Najarian

ABSTRACTS

1. How To Improve Documentation of Baseline Comorbidities Prior to Bariatric Surgery Southern California Chapter American College of Surgeons (SCACS), January 2007
2. Is High BMI Associated With Specific Types of Complications Following Bariatric Surgery
   • Southern California Chapter American College of Surgeons (SCACS), January 2007
3. Do Standardized Forms Improve the Documentation of Quality of Care
   • Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), February 2007
4. A Structured Conference Program Improves Competency-based Surgical Education
   • Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS), April 2007
5. Use of Services and Predictors of Readmission After Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair—A Population-Base Analysis
   • American College of Surgeons (ACS), October 2007
6. What is the Rate of Small Bowel Obstruction After Colectomy?
   • Southern California Chapter American College of Surgeons (SCACS), January 2008
7. Does pre-operative weight loss improve outcomes after bariatric surgery: a systematic review.
   • Southern California Chapter American College of Surgeons (SCACS), January 2008
8. Timing of Surgery for Diverticular Disease: Is It Possible That We’re Waiting Too Long?
   • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), May 2008
9. Predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery: a systematic review
   • American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), June 2009
10. Behavioral factors associated with successful weight loss after gastric bypass
    • Southern California Chapter American College of Surgeons (SCACS), January 2010
11. Conjoined DIEP Flaps: A Functional Classification System for Intraflap Anastomoses   Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons (TSPS), August 2021
12. Ferrari Flap: A Pinnacle of Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction (TSPS), December 2022
13. Mini-Abdominoplasty Revisited: Expanding Indications (ASPS), October 2022
14. Slaughter K*, Swiekatowski K, Talanker M, Parlamas S, Wang E, Cleff B, Kahramangil B, Obinero C, Green J, Maricevich M, Parikh J, Marques E. Expanding the Possibilities: Antibiotic Plates Delay Infections in Tissue Expander-Based Breast Reconstruction. 2025 Plastic Surgery The Meeting; New Orleans, LA.
15. Talanker M*, Swiekatowski K, Obinero C, Parlamas S, Wang E, Barrera J, Green J, Wang A, Sputova K, Maricevich M, Parikh J, Marques E. The Slow Stretch: Exploring Delays from Tissue Expander Placement to Definitive Breast Reconstruction. 2025 Plastic Surgery The Meeting; New Orleans, LA.

GRANTS, HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS:

1. Medical Staff Core Values Award, Harris Health System, 2023
2. ASERF Travel Scholarship Award recipient 2021
3. Faculty Teacher of the Year 2020, Providence Hospital General Surgery
4. Faculty Teacher of the Year 2016, Providence Hospital General Surgery
5. Indiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Gatch Award recipient 2013
6. Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Young Surgeon’s
7. Travel Award, January 2007
8. Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Resident Research Award, February 2007
9. Weiss Scholarship for Preventive Medicine Research, 2001
10. Veterans Administration (VA) Research Fellowship, 2006-2008
11. NIH Summer Research Training Grant Recipient, 2001